Necktie



Sept. 24, 1929.

l. COHEN NECKTIE Filed July 18, 1929 ATTOR EY/O Patented Sept. 24, 1929UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE ISSAKHAR COHEN, F NEW YORK, N. Y., ASSIGNORTO SALVATORE BONAN, OF NEW YORK, N. Y., A COPARTNERSHIP CONSISTING OFSALVATORE BONAN AND ISSAIK- HAR COHEN Application led .Tuly 18,

pecially adapted for embodiment in a four in-hand necktie.

An object of the invention is to provide a stretchable garment ofknitted or woven fabric, capable of `resisting rupture at the stitchingor .permanent deformation even a under stretching strains.

Another and more specific object is to provide a four-in-hand necktiecapable of resisting rupture or permanent distortion-under the severeendwise pulling stresses imi posed thereon when sliding the tie througha turnover collar or tightening the knot, while avoiding the use ofloosely anchored or flapping ends of thread which might be inadvertentlysnagged on shirt buttons or l the like with resultant ripping of thetie.

Another object is to provide a lined fourin-hand tie so constructed thatthe lining will neither rumple nor slip relative to the tie body, 'andeven careless handling or usage i of the tie is ineffective to causepermanent displacement of body and lining relative to each other.

Other objects are to provide a tie of the above haracter and of simpleconstruction,

. of ,appearance conforming with the requirements of style, and capableof embodiment in fabrics of a wide range of cost, all Without resort tothe use of rubber or other material subject to rot or deterioration.

A four-in-hand necktie constructed in accordance with one embodiment 'ofthe invention `may conveniently include a fabric body cut on the bias orotherwise conventionally rendered resilient, and a resilient lining,these elements being sewed together by a hand-stitched longitudinal lineof elas- Vtic thread, the ends of which are irmlyvanchored. Preferablythe thread is knitted to give a' high degree of elasticit and preferablyalso the lining is of a itted material, combining bulk, lightness inweight'and indeformability under pulling stresses.

When this tie is pulled endwise to slide it through a collar, or totighten the knot,

the body and lining yield together, the

i Nnox'rin 1929. Serial No. 379,151.

tive slippage between the lining and body.

The invention may be more fully understood from the followingdescription in connection with the accompanying drawings, wherein Fig. 1is a broken rear face view of a tie constructed in accordance with theinvention with parts in section for clearness.

Fig. 2 is an enlarged transverse sectional View on the line 2 2 ofFig. 1. y

Fig. 3 is an enlarged longitudinal sectional View on the line 3-3 ofFig. 1.

Fig. is a plan View of the lining, and Y. Fig. 5 is a detail of thethread on a great` lyenlarged scale.

The tie body may be of entirely conventional construction comprising theusual bias-cut woven fabric, or it may be of knitted fabric. It has ineither case the usual flaring folded over tying ends and the usualnarrow collar encircling portion. The lining 11 is cut in generalconformity with the ,contour of the finished body and is housed in andconcealed by the folded over body fabric in the completed tie. In orderto give substance to the tie, I prefer to use as the lining,

a light-Weight knitted fabric preferably square cut which, while it hassubstantial bulk, is quite resilient in all directions.

In accordance with usual practice the free ends of the body are foldedback and sewed down at 10a and the edges of the folded back portions ofthe tying ends and the neckband portion are overlapped, the raw edgestucked under at 10b and sewed-to each other and the lining by alongitudinal line of stitching 12.A

',Ihis line of stitching is preferably handuse in the outer fabric andin the lining of the completed necktie. The elasticity of5 the threadfor this purpose may approximate and preferably it is as great as thatof the necktie fabric or of the lining fabric, but in at least as greatas that of the more resilient of said two members.

This sewing thread is disclosed and claimed both per se and as anelement of fabrics or garments other than neckties with linings in mycompanion application, Serial No. 383,092 filed August 2, 1929, and fora full understanding of the present invention, one form of the threadhas been shown here (Fig. 5) on a greatly enlarged scale. The thread mayconveniently comprise four, six or more running strands 12 of relatively-non-,elastic fiber knitted together in a continuous composite thread.The thread ,resembles a closely bunched or tightly bundled series ofinterlocked chains of strands each chain including a series ofoverlapping or overlying loops 122, this looping serving toprovide-sufficient excess length of strands to render the threadlongitudinally extensible, and by virtue of the tightness of theknitting, elastically retractible. The thread in cross section is ofgenerally flattened polygonal cross section aording good friction at thethread holes to further resist slippage. In fact the thread is in mostcases slightly compressed laterally, as it is drawnthrough the threadhole. The thread can be stretched to about 11/4 times its normal lengthwithout exceeding its elastic limit. Less elastic threads knitted moreloosely, for instance, may in many cases be employed but ordinary spunthread, while theoretically having a slight elasticity, say l per cent,is unsuitable for the purpose.

When a tie, constructed in this manner is pulled, body, lining andthread stretch together, and when the pulling strain is released, theyreturn or retract together to their normal length. There is noappreciable slippage of either body or lining relative to the thread,and there is consequently no slippage of body and lining relative toeach other, such as might ultimately result in creeping of the liningand resultant wrinkling of the body. The elastic thread furthermore actsas a positive restoring means toy aid in pulling the tie back into shapewithout relative displacement of the body and lining. rThe body, liningand thread act, in fact, as three cooperating interlocked deformationresistmeet the requirements of practical use. a particularlysatisfactory arrangement it is As vmany changes could be made in theabove construction, and many apparently widely diferentembodiments ofthis invention could be made without departing from the scope thereof,it is intended that all matter contained in the above description orshown in the accompanying drawings shall be interpreted as illustrativeand not in a limiting sense.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new and desire tosecure by Letters Patent of the United States is 1. As a new article ofmanufacture, a fourin-hand necktie, including a resilient body, aresilient lining therein and a thread of relatively non-elastic fibreand of resiliency approximating that of said body and connecting thebody and the lining whereby the thread may stretch and retract with theAnecktie fabric.

2. As a new article of manufacture, a fourin-hand necktie including aresilient body and lining and a line of stitching of resiliencyapproximating that of said lining and connecting the body and liningtogether throughout the entire length of the lining whereby the threadmay stretch and retract with the lining.

3. As a new article of manufacture, a fouriIl-hand necktie, including aresilient body and a resilient lining therein, a thread of resiliency atleast as great as that of said body and connecting the body and thelining, said thread extending longitudinally of the necktie and firmlyanchored at its ends whereby the thread may stretch and retract as aunitary part of the necktie.

4. As a new article of manufacture, a fourin-hand necktie including awoven fabric body cut on the bias, a resilient knitted fabric lining forsaid body and means yieldingly connecting the body and lining comprisinga knitted resilient thread anchored at its en s.

5. As a new article of manufacture, a fourin-hand necktie, including aresilient body, a resilient lining therein and a resilient thread ofrelatively non-elastic fibre connecting the body and the lining, saidthread having an elasticity at least as great as that of the moreresilient of the two members which it connects.

6. A four-in-hand necktie including a body defining flaring tying ends,a narrower collar encircling portion and a lining extendingsubstantially the full length of the tie,

the body being folded back upon itself to enclose the lining, the foldedback body

